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Ferristrunzite

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Ferristrunzite

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Description
Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Radial aggregates of straw-yellow coloured acicular crystals of ferristrunzite from the type locality. The shale matrix is richly covered in all the surfaces.

Collected before 1980 by Joseph Verbist.

Mineral Data
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Ferristrunzite

Formula: 
Fe3+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O
Strunz: 
8.DC.25
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mont-des-Groseillers, Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Province (Henegouwen; Hennegau), Belgium

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